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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Summer Chic mani

Hey guys! Today I wanted to show you yet another funky french, lol. The oh so sweet Kim from Color Club sent me a bunch of fun new nail art items to try, and this was one of them. Now, I love these little things, but really only like to use them on my accent finger when I do funky french manis. They are so cute, but too many, IMO, can be overkill. So I went for what I am calling, a Summer Chic mani :) The little orange slices are just adorable!!!

I also love the fact that these are so thin. I've used others that were on the thicker side, and were just too big and bulky.

I started with my go to base of Professional 10 #415 Pinky Promise. I get mine from CVS. Then after a coat of SV and about 10 minutes, and taped my nails off, and did black tips. I hen did one more coat of SV, and when it was dry, and added a tiny drop of nail glue on my ring finger, and set the orange slice over top.

This is a very good way to use the orange slice. I have lots of fimo and never know what to do with it because it can be an overkill on every nail. I'll definitely be trying fimo only on the accent finger :-)

oh they look defo funky! :D i've made nail canes before they are fun! you should try making your own to.. they are easy :) maybe as a part of the trade(if your still wanting to trade) i could make you a cane of something you like? im not the best at it but i can try! :D

Strange. I made a comment but it didn't show up. Looks great and makes me want a cup of lemonade.Are your nails natural? How do you get to test out products for companies. Sorry so many questions, just curious.

I've never been a serious nail girl, but since I found your blog a few weeks ago I've been hooked a bit. Bought the konad for my girls to play with when they get bigger (I don't think my 3 mo old can fully appreciate the beauty). I linked to you on my blog with a pic of my 4th nails... all credit goes to you! :)

I don't know if you give permission to sb to repost your material but this blogger is stealing other bloggers too! She actually took your whole post same title, same pictures and contents!!! http://acrylic-nails.blogspot.com/2011/06/summer-chic-mani.html?showComment=1310986373533#c4061687577537472530

Did this blog die? I used to love reading her posts! So sad if she decided not to update anymore, she has the coolest manis!!! :-( Please come back soon, I know life is busy but I hope your hiatus is temporary! :-(

I have a feeling that all the posts telling her that her pictures and posts were being stolen made her stop. Yes it's not right for people to do that, but does she really need it throw in her face constantly? Can't people just enjoy her blog? And no you're not informing her, you're frustrating her...

I hope you do come back. You are in inspiration to all the budding bloggers who one day hope to have the same respect that you get in the blogger community. I know it is frustrating to see so many people stealing your pics, and pretty much the happiness that blogging brings, but just remember that we know who the true artist is! So from one Erika to another, and who even share the same birthday (6/2/81)! please dont let to deter you, and hope you come back:)

Fairly new follower and enjoyed your nail designs. I think it would be great even if you do not do a formal "post" to just let your over 4000 followers know you are ok. Perhaps it is not possible to post -- maybe not able to get on line for some reason? Hopefully if not her, someone on her behalf can let everyone know that she is ok.

Thanks for the how-to!! I think it would be really great if every season you could post that season's preferred polish colors? For example since fall is coming up soon could you make a blog post on in-trend fall colors? Thank you so much!!

Hi Erika - really hoping that you and your family are OK. Everyone here is missing your inspirational manicures but also worried about you! I have been checking everyday hoping to see a new mani and hear that everything is OK and that we are worrying for nothing... please let us know x

Hi Erika, I know it's hard to come back after a while but we miss you so I wanted to tell you that we don't need any explanation for your absence, we just want you back! please don't feel like "What am I supposed to tell them? how do I start again?" If that is on your mind, the answer is Just post, don't say anything else, just blog again, that will relieve the pressure and maybe later you might want to express something about it on maybe not and it will be fine...I want to see your nails :D

I really miss your posts and hope everything is ok. I've been checking up almost everyday hoping to see a new post. You even answered my e-mail and gave me advice on my technique :) I'd really hate to see someone as nice and creative as you lose interest in such a wonderful blog.

This is the first blog I check everyday and at this point I can't say that I'm surprised that nothing has changed. It's sad because you have such a great blog. Life happens and takes priority over fingertips and varnish. I sincerely hope whatever is going on in you life works itself out. Until then, I'll continue to check every morning for new sparkly photos and witty commentary.

Erika, I'm a longtime reader of yours and I miss your posts terribly. I get life's happening and you are busy, but I find it disrespectful to your faithful readers that you would disappear without any warning or notification; you have 4000+ readers, me being one of the ones that checked every morning for a post from you! I love your nails SO much and you inspired me but I feel us as readers should be let known of your absence before vanishing for one and a half months. We worry about you!

Anonymous, for all we know Erika is not well or something unexpected has gone wrong in her life - something like that would surely take over her cares for her blog. Don't be so hard on her when no-one knows why she's not posting or updating her twitter. I just hope she's OK!!

I agree with Lisa.. Life can take different paths, unfortunately. Anything that might have gone wrong in her life will surely take priority over anything, especially this blog. People need to chill out and just wait. She might or might not come back. If she does, that's great, but if she doesn't, there's nothing you can do about it.

I just wanted to say hello and that I have really enjoyed your blog (I have literally gone all the back to the very first one even though I am a fairly new follower). I also wanted to thank you for the adorable manicure ideas and for sharing your creativity, and because you and so many other people have I got inspired to start my own. I'd greatly appreciate your support in the form of a following. If not I can't wait to see your new posts!

Just finished getting caught up on all your post since I am pretty new to your blog. Love all your ideas and have been buying nail polishes like crazy since seeing your inspiration. Hoping that all is well and that you are coming back soon, even if it is a quick post just to let all of us know that you are ok. Thanks for all your great ideas!

I have been wondering why no new updates from you. Then sth bad came to my mind. Could sth bad happen to u and u won't be able to come back and post anything ever again? Like, u are no longer in this world? I hope I'm wrong.

Could somebody who knows her in person tell us wat has happened to her?

Hello Erika...Your blog is awesome!! Im totally obsessed now with nails!!1Please, just say hello! I think everybody is kinda worried, obviously we dont deserve an explanation, but at least to know u are ok...

Hi Erika! I'm loyal fan of your blog and I still check back twice a week to check if you've updated! Please let us know if you're coming back or can someone update us about what's going on? We all miss you :(

Everybody needs to stop freaking out! I have her on other social networking sites. She is not dead, so you can stop saying that something terrible has happened. After months of daily updates, I would get sick of doing this too!!!

That person is right, ICYLOVE did say that she was worried she was no longer in this world. At least someone came on here, finally, and told us all that Erika has been seen, and she is simply ignoring this web site.

It still doesn't sound right to me that she is just ignoring this site knowing she has thousands of followers. If she simply tired of it, she would post that she's taking a break and will be back (or not) at some point. To post nothing if in fact all is well, is bizarre. Of course everyone just hopes she is ok and if she knew people were worried, I would think she or someone on her behalf would post.

Hey, Anon that commented to stop freaking out, we were CONCERNED that she wasn't well. So calm down.Well if she really has been ignoring us all, I guess she really leaving for good. Shame that we had to find out ourselves and not from her. She had the best nail blog I'd seen and I woke up to her morning posts every day.I kind of figured something like this would happen after she kept leaving randomly.

Hey, I also think that this is the best blog of them all! She is a perfectionist as I can see on her nails and pics!!! Too sad she decided to quit, but a least a goodbye would have left us without thinking something very sad or terrible happened to her...

"Anonymous said...Everybody needs to stop freaking out! I have her on other social networking sites. She is not dead, so you can stop saying that something terrible has happened. After months of daily updates, I would get sick of doing this too!!!"

Dear anonymous. You are such a pessimist. Even when someone says that she knows Erika has abandoned this blog; you still feel the need to imagine some horrible accident. Not all stories end in tragedy.

i hope you are right that she is coming back! miss her so much! she is such an inspiration. i used to do my nails all the time then i got a job that had a no polish rule. so i was strictly pedi's for 7 years. now new job and making up for lost time... this is my favorite blog and i hope erika comes back. keeping the faith!

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Hey everyone!! I created this blog to share my hobby/addiction with fellow polish lovers. My name is Erika, the name Chloe is my daughters. I'm a 30 year old mother of a beautiful girl, and a wife to an amazing man, who I can say is 100% supportive of my polish madness. Pennsylvania is where I reside, but Kansas will always be my home.
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